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Aqua Books saved
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Aqua Books is set to become a non-profit organization centred on books, community and entertainment, after nearly falling off the Winnipeg map.
The owner of the second-hand book store, located at 274 Garry St., announced...
What would Carl Sagan say?
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E=MC^2 is the theory of mass-energy equivilance, and hinges on the value of the constant “C,” or the speed of light, which is about 300 million metres per second — thought to be the...
Putting their name on the ballot
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Along with the Conservatives, NDP, Liberals and Greens, there’s a fifth party running in the Manitoba provincial election: the Communist Party of Canada - Manitoba.
The party has five candidates running for a spot...
Elections Manitoba hopes to make voting a breeze for students
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On Oct. 4, thousands of Manitobans will go to the polls for our 40th provincial election, but if voter turnout follows past statistics, young people could be underrepresented at the polling stations.
Low voter...
Latest domino is in place
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As the opening of the University of Manitoba’s new Pembina Hall residence marks the latest piece to fall into place for Project Domino, progess on the campus’s new state-of-the-art Art Research Technology (ART) Lab...
U.K. lifts MSM blood ban
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Canada may be rethinking restrictions placed on blood donation as the U.K. introduces a new policy giving gay and bisexual men the right to donate blood.
Earlier this month, the U.K. lifted the life-long ban...
International briefs
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AT scores hit four-decade low
SAT reading scores hit their lowest point in close to four decades, reported the Washington Post.
The average reading score for graduating high school seniors in the U.S. was 497,...
